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Since cadence sensors go by turns of the crank, when you shift to a higher gear and thus go a little slower due to resistance, doesn’t that mean the cadence sensor senses a decrease in crank rotation and so it sends out less propulsion?
Ebike cadence sensors when shifting to higher gear
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Not for the vast majority of controllers, because virtually none of them actually care how fast the sensor spins. All they do is detect if it *is* spinning, at all, and if it is they turn on the full amount of assist at the presently-selected assist level, of however that particular controller is designed and configured.
The Cycle Analyst v3, however, does count cadence rotation speed, and can be used to modulate assist direcly via cadence, by creating a throttle signal from that sensor and sending the throttle to any controller that will operate solely from throttle (wihtout requiring any other sensor input to operate). I use this to control my SB Cruiser without having to use the actual physical throttle control.
There are some of the middrive systems (TSDZ2, etc) and some OEM complete bikes with their own middrive designs, that use cadence to modulate assist directly, as well. (some of them *also* have torque sensors, some don't).
The Cycle Analyst v3, however, does count cadence rotation speed, and can be used to modulate assist direcly via cadence, by creating a throttle signal from that sensor and sending the throttle to any controller that will operate solely from throttle (wihtout requiring any other sensor input to operate). I use this to control my SB Cruiser without having to use the actual physical throttle control.
There are some of the middrive systems (TSDZ2, etc) and some OEM complete bikes with their own middrive designs, that use cadence to modulate assist directly, as well. (some of them *also* have torque sensors, some don't).
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